Handel: Messiah (1991) more music like this

performed by Academy of Ancient Music, Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Judith Nelson (soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (choir, chorus), Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel

Recordings like Christopher Hogwood's Messiah are perfect vehicles for the debate of the authentic instrument movement in music. Especially here, since a work as well known to a wide general audience as the Messiah (the recordings of which number in the thousands) will get a number of varied reactions depending upon the performance. Hogwood, ...

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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (1994) more music like this

performed by Christine Brandes (soprano), Donna Deam (soprano), Ellen Rabiner (mezzo-soprano), Lisa Saffer (soprano), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano), Michael Dean (baritone), Paul Elliott (tenor), Ruth Rainero (soprano)
composed by Henry Purcell

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Let My Prayer Arise: Orthodox Church Music (2006) more music like this

performed by Aaron Sheehan (tenor), Iris Oja (alto), Mati Turi (tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul Hillier (baritone), Steven Richards (counter tenor), Theatre of Voices, Tiit Kogermann (tenor), Vladimir Miller (basso profundo), Wolodymyr Smishkewych (tenor)
composed by Anonymous, English, Anonymous, Greek, Anonymous, Italian, Anonymous, Russian, Antonio Zacara da Teramo, Artemy Vedel, Baldassare Galuppi, Dimitry Bortnyansky, Giuseppe Sarti, John Plousiadenos, Manuel Gazes, Matteo da Perugia, Nikolay Diletsky, Pérotin

Let My Prayer Arise brings together three previously released CDs of music written for the liturgy of Orthodox Church, performed by Paul Hillier leading his Theatre of Voices and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Fragments, a collection of mostly brief solo and polyphonic settings of sacred texts, stretches the definition of "Orthodox ...

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Charpentier: Musique Sacrée (includes Bonus CD) (2003) more music like this

performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Hajo Bass (violin), Hein Meens (tenor), Henk Bouman (harpsichord), Jaap ter Linden (violoncello), Musica Antiqua Köln, Paul Elliott (tenor), Reinhard Goebel (violin), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Wilbert Hazelzet (flute)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Christoph Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, George Frederick Handel, Johann Christian Bach, Johann David Heinichen, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marc-Antoine Charpentier

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Monteverdi: Madrigals (1997) more music like this

performed by Andrew King (tenor), Cathy Cass (alto), David Thomas (bass), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Evelyn Tubb (soprano), John Milne (bass), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Mary Nichols (alto), Paul Elliott (tenor), Poppy Holden (soprano), Richard Wistreich (bass)
composed by Claudio Monteverdi

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Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2 (2004) more music like this

performed by Aaron Sheehan (tenor), Custer LaRue (soprano), Ellen L. Hargis (soprano), Judith Malafronte (mezzo-soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Paul O'Dette (guitar), Paul O'Dette (cittern), Ross W. Duffin (tenor), William Hite (tenor)
composed by Anonymous, English

Shakespeare's Songbook is a two-CD set issued as a companion piece to a book by the same title, published by W.W. Norton in 2004. That book is an exhaustively researched survey of 160 songs that are woven into or even mentioned in Shakespeare's plays -- an admirable enterprise, since for four centuries, thespians have basically been winging it ...

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Home to Thanksgiving (1999) more music like this

performed by Alan Bennett (tenor), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Catherine Webster, Daniel Carberg, Moira Smiley, Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul Hillier (vocals), Sumner Thompson, His Majestie's Clerkes (choir, chorus), Theatre of Voices (choir, chorus)
composed by Abraham Wood, Anonymous, Anonymous, Italian, Elisha West, English Traditional, Howard Skempton, Jeremiah Ingalls, John Cage, Nehemiah Shumway, Paul Hillier, Peter Abelard, Thomas Tallis, Timothy Swan, William Billings, William Tans'ur

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Handel: Messiah; Athalia; Esther; La Resurrezione [Box Set] (2005) more music like this

performed by Aled Jones (vocals), Andrew King (vocals), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Carolyn Watkinson (vocals), David Thomas (bass), David Thomas (vocals), Drew Minter (alto), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Emma Kirkby (vocals)
composed by George Frederick Handel

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Purcell: Theatre Music (2004) more music like this

performed by Academy of Ancient Music, Alan Byers (tenor), Christopher Keyte (bass), David Thomas (bass), Elizabeth Lane (soprano), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Geoffrey Shaw (bass), James Bowman (counter tenor), Joy Roberts (soprano), Judith Nelson (soprano)
composed by Henry Purcell

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Music of the Gothic Era more music like this

performed by Charles Brett (counter tenor), David James (counter tenor), Early Music Consort of London, Geoffrey Shaw (bass), James Bowman (counter tenor), John Nixon (tenor), John Potter (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
composed by Adam de la Halle, Anonymous, Anonymous, 14th Century Polyphony, Anonymous, Codex Chantilly, Anonymous, French, Anonymous, German, Bernard de Cluny, Guillaume de Machaut, Henri Gilles de Pusieux, Léonin, Pérotin, Petrus de Cruce, Philippe de Vitry

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Shakespeare's Songbook, Vol. 2 (2004) more music like this

performed by Aaron Sheehan (tenor), Custer LaRue (soprano), Ellen L. Hargis (soprano), Judith Malafronte (mezzo-soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Paul O'Dette (cittern), Paul O'Dette (guitar), Ross W. Duffin (tenor), William Hite (tenor)
composed by Anonymous, English

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Portrait more music like this

performed by Alan Bennett (tenor), Andrew Lawrence-King (psaltery), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Daniel Kennedy (percussion), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul Hillier (voices), Theatre of Voices (vocals), Theatre of Voices
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, Aquitanian Repertory, Anonymous, Trouvères, Arvo Pärt, Christmas Traditional, Jean Mouton, Jean Sibelius, Joan Garcia de Guilhade, Orlande de Lassus, Paul Hillier, Pérotin, Thomas Tallis, William Billings

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Handel: The Ultimate Collection (1997) more music like this

performed by Felicity Lott (vocals), Marilyn Horne (vocals), Paul Elliott (tenor), Scott Ross (harpsichord), The Sixteen, Monteverdi Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by George Frederick Handel

Erato's Handel: The Ultimate Collection is far from the last word in compilations of the composer's greatest hits, but it's not a bad CD for beginners to hear at least once to become acquainted with this Baroque master. Considering the selections touch on virtually every genre that Handel mastered, from orchestral and keyboard music to choral ...

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John Cage: Litany for the Whale (2002) more music like this

performed by Alan Bennett (vocals), Alan Bennett (piano), Andrea Fullington (vocals), Paul Elliott (vocals), Paul Hillier (vocals), Shabda Owens (electronics), Terry Riley (vocals), Theatre of Voices
composed by John Cage

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Handel: Acis & Galatea more music like this

performed by Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), Martyn Hill (vocals), Norma Burrowes (vocals), Paul Elliott (vocals), Willard White (vocals), English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel

Composed in 1718, Handel's Acis & Galatea is based on a Greek love story retold in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Acis loves Galatea, a sea nymph, incurring the wrath of a powerful rival, the Cyclops Polyphemus. Polyphemus kills Acis and the young man is turned into a river.What makes this particular performance interesting is the effort to attain the ...

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Monastic Chant: 12th & 13th C. European Sacred Music (2003) more music like this

performed by Alan Bennett (tenor), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), Ellen L. Hargis (soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul Hillier (baritone), Steven Richards (counter tenor), Theatre of Voices
composed by Adam of St. Victor, Albertus Parisiensis, Anonymous, Anonymous, Aquitanian Repertory, Anonymous, Bury St. Edmund's Manuscript, Anonymous, Codex Bamberg, Anonymous, Codex Faenza, Anonymous, Codex Musicale (Bologna), Anonymous, English, Anonymous, Italian

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Josquin Desprez: Motets et Chansons (1987) more music like this

performed by Ashley Stafford (counter tenor), David James (vocals), Hilliard Ensemble, Leigh Nixon (tenor), Michael George (baritone), Nicolas Robertson (tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul Hillier (bass), Rogers Covey-Crump (vocals)
composed by Josquin Desprez

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Chant Gregorien more music like this

performed by Alfred Deller (counter tenor), Deller Consort, John Buttrey (tenor), Leigh Nixon (tenor), Mark Deller (counter tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), Neil Jenkins (tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor)
composed by Anonymous, Gregorian Chant

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Monastic Song (1998) more music like this

performed by Alan Bennett (tenor), Moira Smiley (mezzo-soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul Hillier (baritone), Pro Arte Singers, Theatre of Voices
composed by Anonymous, Codex Las Huelgas, Peter Abelard

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The Art of the Netherlands (1997) more music like this

performed by Charles Brett (contralto), David James (contralto), Early Music Consort of London, Geoffrey Shaw (baritone), Ian Thompson (tenor), James Bowman (contralto), John Potter (tenor), Leigh Nixon (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone)
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, Dutch, Antoine Brumel, Antoine Busnois, Hayne van Ghizeghem, Heinrich Isaac, Jacob Obrecht, Jacques Barbireau, Jean Mouton, Johannes Ghiselin, Johannes Ockeghem, Johannes Tinctoris, Josquin Desprez, Loyset Compere, Pierre de la Rue

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William Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae more music like this

performed by Christopher Royall (counter tenor), Elizabeth Lane (soprano), Mark Deller (counter tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), Michael George (baritone), Paul Elliott (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (vocals), Rosemary Hardy (soprano), Deller Consort
composed by William Byrd

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Three, Four and Twenty Lutes (1985) more music like this

performed by Andrew King (tenor), David Miller (lute), David Parsons (lute), Emily van Evera (soprano), Jakob Lindberg (lute), Jakob Lindberg (bandora), Mary Nichols (alto), Michael Fields (guitar), Nigel North (theorbo), Nigel North (cittern), Nigel North (lute)
composed by Alessandro Piccinini, Anonymous, Cipriano de Rore, Giovanni Antonio Terzi, Giovanni Pacolini, Hubert Waelrant, Nicolas Vallet, Orlande de Lassus, Robert (ii) Johnson, Robert Parsons

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Portrait of a Legend more music like this

performed by A.R. Shuttleworth (cello), Alfred Deller (counter tenor), Clarence Myerscough (violin), David Munrow (recorder), Deller Consort, Desmond Dupre (viola da gamba), Desmond Dupre (lute), Honor Sheppard (vocals), Irvine Arditti (violin)
composed by Alessandro Grandi, Alessandro Scarlatti, American Traditional, Anonymous, Anonymous, English, British Isles Traditional, Claudio Saracini, Dietrich Buxtehude, English Traditional, François Couperin, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Giulio Caccini

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Purcell: King Arthur [Excerpts] (1992) more music like this

performed by Ashley Stafford (alto), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), Gilian Ross (soprano), Gillian Fisher (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir (choir, chorus), English Baroque Soloists
composed by Henry Purcell

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Heinichen: Dresden Concerti Highlights more music like this

performed by Andrew Tusa (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Charles Pott (baritone), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), David Munrow (shawm), Early Music Consort of London, English Baroque Soloists
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, Gregorian Chant, Guillaume de Machaut, Heinrich Schütz, Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann David Heinichen, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marin Marais

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